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Originally posted by Danny Pay:
Hi
I bought a few boxes of sako cartridge loaded with Bx and wonder,how good these cartridges are for hunting roe deer?
Danny

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Hallo Danny,

I haven�t tried them myself yet, but the Swedish gun magazine "Vapentidningen" had a test in the end of the nineties. They used a .22-250 for the test, but nevertheless the bullet did perform well without destroying to much meat. However, the roes run their fifty yards or so as usually when you use a small caliber gun. But you have the great advantaged of a bullet that always penetrate - usual .222 bullets are a bit hazardous on roe as they are too weak. The bullet is said to need a short rate of twist as 10 or 12 inches in .222 Rem. With 14in. they may key-hole.

But all this is for me just theory yet: I�m also going to test SAKO`s X-load in .222 Rem but later this autumn. I have however used X-bullet in a 8x60, and am very content with precision (1 inch over iron sights at 100 yds!) and efficiency.

Go on with the X:s next week at the opening of the roe season an please be back with your experiences!

Best regards,

Fritz K.

I am not sure how large a Roe deer is? But I have harvested mule deer 180-200 lbs with a 222 shooting the X Bullet. I read an article by Ed AShby and his use of a 22 hornet on african big game. That little hoirnet made short work of some very large animals. Barnes bullets could probably help you find the article. Good luck with the deer hunt,

Chad

Even if longer than regular bullets that x should be just as long as a 55 grs regular bullet??

Good shooting! H

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